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...World,” “Reason and Faith,” “Life Sciences” and “Physical Sciences.” Those responsible for shepherding the report stress that it remains a work in progress. According to two members of the docket committee that determines the agenda of faculty meetings—University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Judith L. Ryan, Weary professor of German and comparative literature—the task force is prepared to revise the draft between today’s meetings and the next full faculty meeting...
...Harvard co-ed sailing team and No. 3 women’s squad over the weekend, as the Crimson competed in the final two events of the year before the team’s winter break. Two championship regattas were on the docket for Harvard, and the Crimson turned in a pair of middle-of-the-pack performances to end the 2006 season...
...College, Brown, Boston University and Connecticut College rounding out the top five. SHERMAN HOYT TROPHY Eighteen schools traveled to Brown University to compete in one of the biggest co-ed regattas of the weekend, the Sherman Hoyt Trophy in Providence, R.I. A total of 22 races were on the docket, and in A-division, senior skipper Clay Johnson sailed along with senior crew Kristen Lynch and junior crew Elyse Dolbec to a tenth-place Crimson finish. St. Mary’s won that division, too, but in B, junior skipper Kyle Kovacs, sophomore crew Jon Garrity and Dolbec earned fourth...
...with the caption "H.R. 4943 Gone with the Wind." (You have to be a Congressional aide to appreciate the humor.) They were referring to the Committee's pretexting bill, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, which they approved last May only to see it disappear from the docket when it was time for a floor vote. Committee member Representative Jan Schakowsky believes the anti-pretexting bill was delayed "because of the Administration's concerns that maybe they were using the tactic themselves," says her spokesperson. Democrats speculated about a link to the National Security Administration's controversial warrantless...
Counsel, sharpen your legal arguments. The Supreme Court returns for its new term this week, and it's expected to be a corker. This will be the court's first full term with Samuel Alito in Sandra Day O'Connor's old seat. And on the docket are a raft of high-profile cases on hot-button issues that should give the best indication yet of the decision-making dynamics and working style of the John Roberts era. Here's a look at what to expect...